PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Accumsan diam rebum. Qui eirmod autem sanctus no hendrerit amet kasd sit id. Nostrud hendrerit ipsum ea sadipscing eirmod. Magna gubergren dolor sanctus sadipscing nisl diam eirmod ut nonumy et delenit dolore ipsum. Ea kasd et exerci dolores magna lorem accusam sit justo. Takimata est euismod duo sit et. Erat rebum justo sit stet. Voluptua dolore accusam sanctus est sed ea vero. Ea at in consetetur labore dolor illum consectetuer. Dolor commodo veniam dolore justo diam blandit sadipscing augue eos elitr blandit at sit magna vero et dolore. Sadipscing illum duo takimata.
Diam sit sea ipsum ut tempor dolor dolore aliquyam. Dolor dolor at eum. Eirmod duis et placerat magna sanctus nulla kasd adipiscing in et invidunt dolore assum eos. No qui vel eu amet sed in vero. Erat ut amet consetetur sit justo aliquip. Volutpat est et blandit duo voluptua euismod sit duis diam.
Sample Output H3
Vel amet clita laoreet sit accusam dolores aliquyam dolore nostrud. Tempor sanctus accusam erat accusam. Et dolore et ea dolor amet elit dolor et eum sadipscing lorem erat invidunt. Sadipscing sadipscing dolor et iriure tempor consetetur augue est magna tempor clita clita. Clita ad diam facilisi lorem hendrerit ea et vel eirmod doming nostrud ut duo diam et. Vero vero kasd euismod. Justo ipsum vel hendrerit at dolore consetetur.
Aliquam aliquam et est aliquyam molestie enim at diam. Te at rebum. Erat erat sadipscing ut sit clita aliquyam et blandit euismod et feugait et gubergren amet. Sed eos dolor nonumy et diam sed et dolor invidunt dolore amet sit at et diam lorem zzril et. Ut dolor consetetur dolor option et lorem ut sanctus est dolor tempor. Stet labore iusto diam justo. Eirmod diam consectetuer tempor no lorem aliquyam at consetetur placerat elitr ipsum lorem. Ea erat amet erat erat facilisis takimata tempor et ut exerci blandit diam invidunt ea lorem erat. Tempor magna amet diam et kasd stet. Blandit sed gubergren ut. Dolor consequat feugiat.
Sample Output H4
Laoreet id ut diam sed sit takimata no amet imperdiet odio dolor sea nonumy stet labore. Facilisi dolore feugait in vulputate amet dolore sit et diam ipsum te consetetur nonumy duo tempor dolor consequat. Sadipscing ipsum tempor consetetur dolores stet. Invidunt amet diam dolore et et. Dolor diam sit exerci eum vel. Ipsum consetetur clita vero at dolores amet at eirmod in velit sea kasd vero. Consequat eirmod sadipscing sit diam rebum tempor aliquyam labore takimata et iriure elitr lorem et. No duo euismod at lorem consetetur et velit sit. Consetetur sea et consetetur. Facilisis takimata ut lorem takimata magna dolor takimata magna. Et sed dolores.
Vero elitr dolore sadipscing erat in invidunt ut. Gubergren dolores in ea sed et erat eos nonumy amet nonummy velit takimata kasd. Dolores stet kasd amet at amet et. Accusam sadipscing at dolor voluptua nonumy ipsum diam no laoreet nam diam elitr diam zzril luptatum kasd. Aliquip hendrerit facer. Lorem lorem magna justo iriure et erat te diam. Amet rebum duo. Illum dolores ipsum et feugait est tempor ut amet duo eos possim kasd erat amet. Ipsum doming nulla aliquyam consetetur tempor et facilisis duis dolore iriure labore amet.
Sample Output H4
Nonummy gubergren no dolore consetetur et praesent erat clita qui sed. Illum amet sanctus ut sit veniam iusto lorem amet duo tempor. Diam sit iriure aliquyam. Quis dolor diam voluptua dolores sit iriure sanctus sit sanctus ullamcorper lorem minim amet kasd eum. Suscipit illum ullamcorper duis dolor lorem magna gubergren luptatum no. Stet ea ipsum vero sanctus consectetuer gubergren et takimata tempor. Amet amet at iusto est labore et justo takimata voluptua.
Est ea et ea feugiat dolor dolor amet sit liber et minim sed takimata et tempor aliquyam. Sit lorem ut consetetur magna clita et sanctus ea eos. Eu ut illum amet est veniam no eu invidunt erat justo. Nonummy rebum ad nonumy ut autem lorem sit. Nonumy at magna enim. Clita dolores ut ut feugait. Duis elitr ipsum ipsum accumsan dolores eos. Sed nibh dolor ullamcorper sed lorem feugiat autem. Vero eu nibh accusam et. Vel kasd sit autem eos amet et eos dolor.
Sample Output H3
Sadipscing ea diam gubergren ipsum dolores laoreet qui gubergren nonumy sed ut ipsum et. Augue ipsum eu duis aliquyam laoreet ut eum sadipscing sed elitr qui ullamcorper enim lorem blandit sed justo. Est illum consequat facilisis in ea takimata. Duis sed dolores gubergren ipsum et vero et diam voluptua est facilisi. Dignissim lobortis labore erat takimata lorem clita est kasd. Diam dolores kasd clita nostrud voluptua dolor eirmod. Et diam nonummy est. Eleifend sadipscing magna.
Dolor nonummy invidunt dolore sanctus justo eos sit takimata lorem luptatum nonumy ea soluta possim stet quod et. Sed eum invidunt tempor accusam. Consetetur vero invidunt sea duo. Vel amet clita lorem consetetur duo sanctus voluptua elitr lorem voluptua amet et justo stet at sed. Rebum takimata kasd veniam sanctus. Liber accusam ea nulla nonummy amet nam consetetur nonumy. Ipsum et lorem ea amet facilisis eirmod sanctus clita laoreet duo accusam sit. Lorem aliquam amet et nibh.
Sample Output H4
Dolore hendrerit kasd magna eirmod lorem et enim ad gubergren magna id sit. Elit possim rebum hendrerit soluta justo lorem duo amet sit labore possim sit diam clita lorem tempor et. Tempor accusam stet elitr et facilisi nibh duis gubergren magna sadipscing vulputate diam ipsum molestie vero erat dolore aliquyam. Sadipscing adipiscing ea diam sea autem gubergren sed amet dolor sit dolor praesent ut sea consetetur duo. Magna dolore voluptua elitr stet odio takimata sed sed.
Diam et luptatum accusam voluptua ut vero sanctus diam consequat ea. Consectetuer stet no stet dolor et nonumy feugiat hendrerit sanctus amet dolor dolor dolor labore. Dolore et duis voluptua dolores sit aliquyam invidunt wisi vulputate amet feugiat commodo nonumy sed sit iriure eros. Sed lorem suscipit sed sed clita tempor eu elit et aliquyam elitr accusam sit. Rebum takimata eirmod sadipscing takimata justo praesent et rebum nam quod sed erat dolor. Lorem takimata diam vero.
Sample Output H4
Dolor tempor amet no aliquyam qui. Ipsum lorem et sed adipiscing et feugait accusam. Dolor illum nonumy exerci. Erat et ipsum ipsum ut erat commodo adipiscing eos dolor nulla in facilisi. Et labore vel nostrud amet duo dolor no sed ipsum sit enim. Takimata sit est. Molestie rebum ut placerat ea ut et sanctus. Et iusto magna ad diam eirmod et gubergren dolor ut.
Diam in tincidunt et magna amet dolor accumsan labore gubergren ut ex magna ipsum amet et justo est. Eum iusto consetetur labore magna sed. Iusto dolor gubergren duis sanctus in et option consectetuer. Facilisi odio labore ad molestie amet tation vero odio sit dolore sed sadipscing dolor dolor sit rebum. Duo sit ullamcorper duis dolore accusam sed sit quis est ipsum sed. Luptatum sea laoreet ea gubergren et at sadipscing. Dignissim duis erat dolore dolor nulla et sadipscing eirmod gubergren voluptua exerci dolore. Enim amet gubergren stet assum molestie volutpat dolor ipsum sadipscing. Ut et invidunt tempor magna et vulputate. Diam sed clita dolor facilisis takimata dolore magna lorem et sadipscing ut erat erat.
More Sample Output H2
Nisl vero elitr tempor tincidunt dignissim cum diam dolor vero aliquyam sit duo takimata justo ea invidunt. Eirmod sed nobis nostrud lorem sanctus takimata accusam amet aliquyam no et wisi ipsum sed diam. Takimata aliquip et no elitr facilisi cum et sanctus voluptua. Rebum dolor ipsum in et lorem magna ea at sed sea dolor. Blandit diam eos dolores gubergren hendrerit dolore qui duis est sit dolores et. Sit cum dolor duis sadipscing aliquyam lorem sea nisl sea et diam veniam. Sit facilisis vero ipsum amet est sed.
Vel vulputate delenit sadipscing feugiat justo sadipscing euismod elitr amet odio et clita feugiat stet. Et nulla no ut clita dolor. Lorem et eos dolore erat dolor velit kasd gubergren consetetur dolores aliquyam iusto consequat invidunt vero sea kasd consequat. Voluptua diam duo. Ipsum dolore et sed dolor magna duo sanctus molestie lorem lorem sed takimata vulputate rebum sed vero diam sit.
Sample Output H3
Ut in diam consequat dolore dignissim eum gubergren diam takimata no. Eirmod et veniam magna no rebum erat. Aliquyam sit et. Elitr dolores et dolor mazim blandit odio nostrud sadipscing nulla vel in erat in dolor diam hendrerit. Vero dolore diam dolor et nisl dolores ipsum. Sadipscing dolores lorem amet aliquyam et sanctus stet consequat zzril magna duo vero et nonummy. Lorem tempor nonumy ut esse amet adipiscing dolor eleifend lobortis sit. Amet ipsum invidunt erat vel dolore duis eum sed elitr facilisis amet accumsan rebum nonummy sed sit. Veniam dolor sed mazim lorem gubergren. Dolor magna voluptua amet sit elit ad at ipsum duo cum.
Sadipscing et sea ut id sanctus dolor vulputate veniam et lorem et sanctus. Sadipscing lorem stet ipsum sed et. Vel suscipit tempor et et in gubergren at et sit sed ea consetetur invidunt eos. Consetetur dolor ipsum laoreet ipsum lorem in justo feugiat nonumy consetetur magna. Ut lorem takimata erat magna eum et liber esse minim eos labore rebum sit gubergren at sed clita eirmod. Sed molestie est dolore zzril ut tempor kasd dolor. Sadipscing delenit accusam ipsum accumsan. Dolor lorem stet. Cum et ullamcorper lobortis sit lorem nonumy soluta sed.
Sample Output H4
Sed euismod invidunt takimata wisi eum erat vel eu vulputate sea lobortis ut justo praesent stet gubergren kasd stet. Eirmod lorem vel ut rebum dolore ea amet sed nonummy et rebum qui ea et vero invidunt zzril. Laoreet eos vulputate amet ipsum iriure amet dignissim invidunt et dolore erat sed illum diam lorem sed in. Quod labore vero labore dignissim est at dolor nonumy accusam lorem sadipscing sed no dolor gubergren amet wisi et. Takimata assum elit labore sed et lorem dolor stet. Et tempor ea ut et feugait ipsum nonumy accusam kasd no et et. Consequat placerat kasd ipsum aliquyam sadipscing diam ipsum sit lorem dolore. Ipsum vero est dolore dolore consetetur amet tincidunt nonumy dolores sed in elitr diam clita kasd vel lobortis et. Et magna praesent est veniam nobis stet accusam nonumy illum.
Dolor duo est vero et eos suscipit ea dolor ad amet gubergren augue duo accumsan. Magna erat sea. Erat accusam nisl eos at aliquam odio eos dolore erat et. Facilisis nonummy stet sed dolore iusto. Erat ipsum est sanctus ipsum justo dolores.
Sample Output H4
Voluptua amet eos diam laoreet dolor diam accusam erat et ipsum sed dolor. Commodo accusam sed in diam et magna et gubergren nostrud esse voluptua lorem. Ea justo est sed ut dolor. Eos sanctus sit ipsum at diam lorem sit hendrerit et aliquyam qui lorem laoreet adipiscing stet lorem. Sea dolore duis suscipit dolore feugait sit ipsum minim sanctus te. Sea sanctus velit invidunt ipsum labore nostrud invidunt et tincidunt magna lorem accusam dolor est erat option stet lorem.
Zzril illum vel soluta suscipit eos invidunt ipsum. Rebum clita est. Ea vero amet lorem justo zzril ut aliquyam tincidunt dolor nulla voluptua. Nulla lorem augue ut sed sea tempor eos. Voluptua est wisi nibh kasd elitr labore diam tation assum kasd diam tempor dolore. Stet justo dolore et id. Amet nonumy nonummy et. Ad takimata feugiat lobortis est adipiscing nonumy accusam sit diam justo exerci ipsum tempor. Dolor hendrerit sadipscing in. Hendrerit sanctus molestie lobortis eos iriure elit sed vero sanctus ea elitr accumsan ad gubergren gubergren magna. Et luptatum in sit nulla dolor consetetur facilisis consetetur duis autem invidunt facilisi dolor duis clita qui voluptua volutpat.
Sample Output H3
Clita sit consetetur dolor amet vero at duis eos et. Hendrerit vulputate no clita amet no gubergren vel kasd veniam congue et ea eirmod dolores duo voluptua. Stet et vero. Esse est zzril magna ipsum sit sed amet amet accusam eu ad. Et eirmod iusto gubergren iriure luptatum sit feugiat vero eirmod.
At duis sanctus et tempor gubergren lorem clita et justo ut delenit in placerat elitr facilisi gubergren minim. Exerci volutpat eos sit zzril ipsum dolor dolore. Eos voluptua clita et amet dolor takimata justo accusam aliquyam. Clita facilisis aliquip consectetuer diam elit no esse est elitr consetetur volutpat voluptua in tempor consetetur et kasd feugait. Labore takimata gubergren nonumy diam kasd aliquip sed diam.
Sample Output H4
Invidunt magna lobortis aliquyam dolore justo sed takimata magna iriure et dolore sadipscing sed diam invidunt lorem molestie. Eirmod clita et illum at est dolor. Et ad et magna duo in nonumy elitr. Qui vero accusam sed sed est. Tempor vel id vero kasd dolores voluptua ipsum. Imperdiet autem in tincidunt duo eu at blandit euismod et no elit. Lorem hendrerit et tempor justo amet aliquam rebum dolor.
Consequat dolor invidunt eu justo et voluptua est aliquyam amet esse consetetur. Duo est et sit velit adipiscing imperdiet zzril amet eos invidunt dolores. Et eu autem lorem amet kasd justo ipsum tempor vero elitr rebum rebum accumsan sea nisl cum stet clita. Nam consectetuer ea consetetur invidunt voluptua. Aliquyam sed in et in. Ea nostrud feugiat erat zzril ipsum vero at. Aliquyam elit stet est eos at lorem stet gubergren consetetur suscipit et et accumsan blandit sit duis.
Sample Output H4
Nonumy veniam magna accusam lorem ipsum amet et lorem vero lorem amet duo lobortis feugiat dignissim ut. Lorem ipsum at sed facilisis magna erat erat hendrerit ipsum ut et. Tempor erat cum clita vel adipiscing no sea ea diam vero vero eirmod nam ipsum sed magna. Justo labore ut. Tempor gubergren nihil autem sit no voluptua sit et ipsum et consetetur praesent dolore rebum et sadipscing. Sadipscing ullamcorper vel voluptua lorem invidunt vulputate hendrerit rebum iusto sit ea et quis sed eos in clita iusto. Dolore sit et tation dignissim. Sit consetetur est commodo gubergren no amet ipsum diam dolor amet euismod ut. Sea nulla erat accusam et gubergren eos.
In facilisi augue consequat diam sanctus sadipscing et. Invidunt consequat ut eum ipsum augue sit tempor dignissim dolores qui aliquyam mazim ea dolor. Amet takimata accusam. Et gubergren et esse sed clita amet vel diam est kasd zzril. Elitr eirmod et hendrerit sit magna dolores. Minim lorem magna veniam dignissim invidunt in clita nisl amet lorem eirmod consetetur ut magna ut. Vulputate laoreet ea ea gubergren eleifend vulputate est diam amet imperdiet ipsum invidunt blandit aliquip est. Sea in labore amet facilisi at accusam lorem odio gubergren clita nulla zzril in vero. Sed no dolor vel dolore et sed. Tation commodo et sit ullamcorper lorem doming autem et eos vero exerci volutpat. Erat et dolore.